fall between the cracks

Also, fall through the cracks or between two stools. Be neglected or overlooked; also, not fit either of two alternatives. For example, Please make sure that either our department or yours deals with this account, lest it fall between the cracks, or Trying to be both teacher and parent, she fell between two stools. The variant using stools, with its image of a person falling to the ground between two chairs instead of sitting down on one or the other, was already a proverb in ancient times; in English it was first recorded about 1390.

Words nearby fall between the cracks

fall asleep, fall away, fallback, fall back on, fall behind, fall between the cracks, fallboard, fall by the wayside, fall down, fallen, fallen arch

单词	fall between the cracks
释义	fall between the cracks Also, fall through the cracks or between two stools. Be neglected or overlooked; also, not fit either of two alternatives. For example, Please make sure that either our department or yours deals with this account, lest it fall between the cracks, or Trying to be both teacher and parent, she fell between two stools. The variant using stools, with its image of a person falling to the ground between two chairs instead of sitting down on one or the other, was already a proverb in ancient times; in English it was first recorded about 1390. Words nearby fall between the cracks fall asleep, fall away, fallback, fall back on, fall behind, fall between the cracks, fallboard, fall by the wayside, fall down, fallen, fallen arch The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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